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Center for the Study of Economic Liberty

The Center for the Study of Economic Liberty is a research and educational center committed to the study of the role economic liberty and the free enterprise system play in increasing opportunity and improving well-being. The Center is housed in the W. P. Carey School of Business, but it is an interdisciplinary center that brings together scholars and students from many fields to help advance our understanding about economic liberty and well-being.

Contact

Office: BAC 558

Mailing Address:
Main Campus PO BOX 872706 Tempe, AZ 85287-2706

Phone: 480-965-0329

Fax: 480-965-1460

Email: economicliberty@asu.edu

Mail Code: 2706

Name
Ross Emmett
Ross Emmett
Center Director & Professor

Emmett is the director of the Center for the Study of Economic Liberty, He joined ASU in 2018.
480-965-6528
Center for the Study of Economic Liberty, Arizona State CPComm 490B, POBox 879801
Paul Bernert
Paul Bernert
Research Technician
Melissa Castle-Kirincic
Melissa Castle-Kirincic
Program Operations Specialist

Castle-Kirincic serves as Program Operations Specialist for the Center for the Study of Economic Liberty.
480-965-5468
Margaret Hanson
Margaret Hanson
Asst Professor

Hanson's research focuses on autocracies, with an emphasis on the former Soviet Union.
Mason Hunt
Mason Hunt
Events Coordinator
480-965-6528
CPCOM 466E 501 E Orange St
Stephen Slivinski
Stephen Slivinski
Senior Research Fellow and DBNA Project Director
480-965-6071
CPCOM 490A
Henry Thomson
Henry Thomson
Asst Professor

Thomson's research focuses on the political economy of authoritarianism and democratization.